# Incident 20030103000019I: Piper PA34200, Rialto, CA, January 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Rialto, CA
- Airport: Rialto Municipal/Miro Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1293° N, 117.4020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rialto Municipal Miro Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1293&lon=-117.4020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41298, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41298-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103000019I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DURING THE CONDUCT OF A PRACTICAL TEST IN A MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE. BOTH THE APPLICANT AND PILOT EXAMINER STATED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING. BOTH CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS INDICATED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO IT'S BELLY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED FROM THE GROUND AND THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED. THE LANDING LIGHTS, IN TRANSIENT LIGHT, AND LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N41298 (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890611042139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611042139I), Jun 11, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N41298), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Unable to get nose gear down light. Landed with nose gear up. Centering ball slipped out of track.
- [Incident 19890321044479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890321044479I), Mar 21, 1989: Piper PA34200 (N41298), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. While accelerating for takeoff after short field landing the nose gear collapsed. Cause not stated.
- [Accident 19871114069729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871114069729A), Nov 14, 1987: Piper PA34200 (N41298), Murfreesboro, TN, Substantial damage. Left brake failed turning onto the runway. Veered off runway and crashed into trees. Found brake pads were wornout.
- [Incident 19790524027449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524027449I), May 24, 1979: Piper PA34200 (N41298), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged prop.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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